Python runs on many operating systems such as MS-Windows, Mac OS, Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, AIX, and many varieties of free UNIX like systems. The easiest way to install the Python is to use package manger such as apt-get, yum, and so on.

A note about Debian / Ubuntu Linux user

Use the following command to search for available versions of Python under Debian and Ubuntu Linux:$ apt-cache search python | egrep "^python2.[0-9] " --color Type the following command to install python version 2.x:$ sudo apt-get install python2.6 Type the following command to install python version 3.x:$ sudo apt-get install python3.1 Sample outputs: